Robinson claims 2023 AORC Championship
2023 will go down in the history books as a massive year for Western Australian Off Road Racing. Travis Robinson with navigator Andrew Pinto becoming the first ever team from Western Australia to take out the Australian Off Road Racing Championship Outright. Over the years many have tried and come so close and this push for off road racing glory at the top level often being spearheaded by the Robinson family and Outer Bounds Racing.
Adorned in a retro tribute livery to Travis late father Brian, Robinsons feat of winning the AORC should not be underestimated, overcoming stiff competition from top level crews all around Australia as well as the tyranny of distance. For 2023 this was even more extreme with Travis having made several trips across the country including a mammoth 4,772km trip one way from Perth to Charters Towers to start his championship charge. Consistency and podium finishes being a hall mark of a very mature campaign by Robinson in 2023 as well as the never give up attitude that personifies the spirit of off road racing allowing the lucky #13 to earn the right to be Aus #1 in 2024.
Whilst cooling issues held the Jimco back early on in the weekend in what was a challenging race at Loveday, Robinson charged back through the field and his 4th outright position secured him the outright title with 1 round to spare. Making the weekend even better was the WA Off Road Junior Development Program having their first interstate trip and Sean Beck and Daniel Fahey making it count when it mattered to win the Performance 2wd class for the round. This result should vault the ever popular Kingswood right into title contention for a class win come seasons end. A win in class would see them join a small but highly esteemed group of WA competitors to have taken home AORC championships
Australian Off Road Championship Outright Champions from WA
2023 – Travis Robinson & Andrew Pinto
Previous Australian Off Road Championship Class Champions from WA
2017 – Travis Robinson & Trent Anthony – Pro Buggy
2014 – Beau Robinson & Ken Skinner – Extreme 2wd
2008 – Russell Cullen – Extreme 4wd
2005 – Darian Smith & Gerry Smith – Performance 2wd
2009 – Peter Kozak & Paul Coci – Performance 2wd
2015 – Jason Galea & Markus Christie – Production 4wd
Previous Australian Off Road Tri Series Champions from WA
2010 – Brian Robinson (Outright)
2009 – Travis Robinson (Pro Buggy Class)